On Top of the World

He was always too afraid to climb the caterpillar. Even with our you-can-do-it attitude. He'd start up and then back out. Every time. He said it was just for the "big kids." In all fairness, it is VERY high in the sky.


Then yesterday his friend Lillian {who I've never known to be afraid of anything, particularly heights} climbed right to the top.


He just couldn't let her have the final word. So without even a pause he headed up.


I realize he's not smiling in these photos, but he was on top of the world grinning ear to ear with "big kid" confidence. Trust me.


I said to him, "Daddy is going to be so proud when you tell him this."


For the rest of the evening he kept reminding, "Daddy is going to be so proud of me for climbing to the top... all by myself."







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